A young family has been glued to their daughter's hospital bed after concerns over a "head tilt" was later diagnosed as a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. Described as an "absolutely perfect" girl, Heidi began showing signs of illness after her head began to tilt and she started to drag her feet across the floor. Although her mum Megan Spillane and dad Jake Green were concerned that she wasn't her usual self, her symptoms were initially dismissed by their GP as clubfoot and nothing to be worried about.
However, with Heidi's movements becoming increasingly restricted as the days went by, her parents pushed for further assessments and doctors eventually found a tumour located between her brain stem and spinal chord. After the devastating diagnosis, her family's nightmare worsened when Heidi was transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital as they were informed that the tumour was a diffuse midline glioma, which is a rare, aggressive, and almost inoperable brain tumour. Heidi is described as being an absolutely perfect girl from the day she was born (Image: Megan Spillane) Megan, 24, said: "We knew something wasn't right when Heidi struggled to move her leg, because she was usually a really sturdy walker, and she just wasn't her usual self.
"It all happened in a matter of days but when you hear those words that it's a tumour, it scares the living daylights out of you. It was just awful. "At first the doctors thought that the tumour could be treated, but we only realise.